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Taiwan's Technology Investments in China: A Focus on Key Sectors and New Emerging Technologies

The George Washington University presents a talk by Louis Ross on Taiwan's Technology Investments in China.

When:
December 2, 2011 2:00pm to 4:00pm
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Taiwan Forum Series

Louis Ross 
CEO and Co-founder, Virtus Advanced Sensors

Mr. Ross will discuss Taiwan's investment and domestic technology industrial policy strategy, which includes building up key industry sectors in China while also aiding in funding emerging technology development. He will also address the interplay between Taiwan and its two key allies, the United States and Japan, and how these relationships will be challenged as it willingly promotes its growing alliance and cooperation with mainland China in the financial, technical, political and cultural spheres.

LOUIS ROSS is the CEO and co-founder of Virtus Advanced Sensors, a leading venture start-up commercializing next generation inertial sensor technology. Prior to the establishment of Virtus, Mr. Ross founded a non-profit think tank, the Global Emerging Technology Institute. Mr. Ross was also a Managing Partner for Obsidian Capital, an Assistant Vice President at Merrill Lynch Japan, and an assistant to the Financial Attache, US Embassy, Tokyo. Prior to leaving for Asia in 1993, he was a Research Associate at the American Enterprise Institute and an Industry Analyst for NASDAQ. Mr. Ross received a BA in Economics from Rollins College, and a Masters in Finance from Johns Hopkins University. He studied at Japan's Keio University, taught at Waseda University, and was a Research Fellow at the University of Tokyo`s Graduate School of Law and Politics, Faculty of Law.

Please RSVP at go.gwu.edu/RossDec2 by Thursday, December 1, 2011.

Cost: 
Free